AN AMAZING WEEK-END FOR JUDDMONTE
Friday 3rd October
THREE VALLEYS (2001 colt Diesis ex Skiable by
Niniski) bounced back to top form to take the Middle Park Stakes
Gr.1 (6f) at Newmarket from Balmont and Holborn. Three
Valleys hit the front two furlongs out and never looked like being
headed.
Three Valleys, already the winner of the Gr.3 Coventry Stakes at
Royal Ascot, is out of a half-sister to HASILI
herself the dam of DANSILI, BANKS
HILL, HEAT HAZE and
INTERCONTINENTAL.
Also on the Friday Newmarket card the Juddmonte bred and raced
Piano Star was placed third in the Godolphin S,
12f, L. and Self Evident was second in the 2yo EBF Further Flight
Classified Stakes with the Juddmonte bred Zonergem, by
Zafonic back in third.
In France Rainbow Quest sired the first and
third in the Prix Joubert, 12f, L., at Saint-Cloud. The
winner SILVER RAIN (2000 filly ex Riviere d’Argent
by Nijinsky) was the 84th individual blacktype winner for
Rainbow Quest. Buenos Aires (2000
filly ex Benediction by Day is Done) had already been listed placed
in the Prix de la Seine.
Saturday 4th October
At Longchamp, Juddmonte bred and raced the winners of the first
two races on the card. WEIGHTLESS and
Short Pause were the first two home in the Prix
Dollar, 10f, Gr2 and MOON SEARCH (1999 filly by
Rainbow Quest ex Eva Luna by Alleged) took the
Prix de Royallieu, 12.5f, Gr.2. MOON SEARCH
is half-sister to the 2003 Gr.1 St Leger winner BRIAN
BORU. Later on the same card Clear
Thinking (2000 colt by Rainbow Quest ex
Coraline by Sadler’s Wells) was third in the Prix Hubert de
Chaudenay Gr.2. Clear Thinking’s dam CORALINE is
half-sister to the dams of BEAT HOLLOW and
OASIS DREAM.
In America SIGHTSEEK (1999 filly by
Distant View ex Viviana by Nureyev) put up another
powerful performance to win the Beldame Stakes, 9f, Belmont Park,
Gr.1. by 4½ lengths. This was SIGHTSEEK’s
fourth Grade 1 win in a row and she has now booked
her ticket for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff Gr.1 at Santa Anita on the
25th October. (Incidentally, BOWMAN’S BAND
out of half-sister to the dam of SIGHTSEEK took
the Gr.2 Meadowlands Breeders’ Cup Stakes the day before)
Juddmonte also bred two minor winners in England with Ten Carat
taking the last race at Newmarket and Individual Talents winning
for Distant View at Epsom.
Sunday 5th October
Back to Longchamp and ZEE ZEE TOP (1999 filly
by ZAFONIC ex Colorspin by High Top) won the Prix
de l’Opera, 10f, Gr.1 with Trumbaka (1999 filly In
The Wings ex Questina by Rainbow Quest) two heads
and a neck back in fourth.
Later on the Longchamp card, another lightly raced Juddmonte
two-year-old AMERICAN POST (2001 colt Bering ex
Wells Fargo by Sadler’s Wells) won the Grand Criterium, 7f, Gr.1 by
four lengths from Charming Prince (who was already a Stakes winner
and Gr3 placed).
To round off the week-end in Italy Principe Di
Galles (2001 colt by Zafonic ex Siddharta
by Chief’s Crown) was third in the Premio Rumon, 8f, Capannelle L.,
on heavy ground.
ZAMINDAR’s full-brother
Zafonic has now sired 7 individual two-year-old
winners of 10 races in 2003 including two blacktype
performers.
Date:
06 October 2003